The following table describes the functionality of EJB clients. Select the functionality according to the purpose of the system. For details on the functionality, see the Reference location column.

Table 1-3 EJB client functionality and the purpose of the system

Functionality	Purpose of the system					Compliance with the Java EE Standard		Reference location
	Reliability	Performance	Operation and maintenance	Extendibility	Others	Standard	Extended
Starting EJB client applications	--	--	--	Y	--	Y	Y	3.3
Invoking an Enterprise Bean	--	--	--	Y	--	Y	Y	3.4
Implementing a transaction in an EJB client application	--	--	--	Y	--	Y	Y	3.5
Implementing security in an EJB client application	--	--	--	Y	--	Y	Y	3.6
Acquiring RMI-IIOP stubs and interfaces	--	--	--	Y	--	Y	Y	3.7
System log output of an EJB client application	--	--	--	Y	--	Y	Y	3.8

Legend:

Y: Supported

--: Not supported

Note:

The functionality for which Y is specified in both the Standard and Extended columns of the Compliance with the Java EE Standard column indicates that functionality unique to Application Server has been added to expand the functionality beyond the Java EE standard functionality. The functionality for which Y is specified only in the Extended column indicates functionality unique to Application Server.